Cannabis (marijuana) makes pain more tolerable

An Oxford University study has found that THC (the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis) helps make pain more bearable.

The experts over at Oxford University tested volunteers, some with a THC tablet and others with a placebo then induced some pain (they used chilli but watching X-factor would have been perfectly sufficient).
After an MRI scan they found that the patients who took THC were less bothered by the pain.